| What we do |
| Wildlives' charitable objectives are as follows: |
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To provide treatment and care for sick, injured
and orphaned wildlife with the ultimate aim of rehabilitating them back into
the wild. |
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To inform people about, and to create public
awareness of, wildlife and all issues relating to the benefit of wildlife. |
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Wildlives will provide care and basic medical
treatment for wildlife, and ensure that a bird or animal gets veterinary
treatment where required. |
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With all animals brought into the Centre, the
ultimate aim will be release them back into the wild. In order to do this
successfully, it is necessary to ensure that they achieve a very high level of
fitness and mobility (far in excess of that which would be sufficient for a
domestic pet). Furthermore, this must be done without 'taming' the animal. An
animal with no fear of people will, sadly, not live very long in the
wild. |
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| Euthanasia policy |
| No animal with a chance of a good quality of life is ever put to sleep. Although the vast majority of our charges return successfully to the wild, some are left with an ongoing disability that means they cannot fend for themselves. In this case they join the ever-growing population of Wildlives residents or are fostered to approved carers after thorough welfare checks. All these are still being cared for and fed even while we are closed, and always will be to the highest standards. However, sometimes, sadly, an animal or bird has injuries that will prohibit any acceptable quality of life, even with assisted living, and these are, regrettably, euthanised humanely. |
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The other side of the coin however, is
when animals that Wildlives has taken a chance on surprise everybody and
recover. It is the release of healthy animals that makes all the hard work and
stretched finances worthwhile. Sometimes, it is clear that an animal may never
return to the peak of health required for it to survive in the wild - and yet
it could still have a good quality of life in captivity. In such a case, it may
either remain at Wildlives as a permanent resident, or is found a new home with
suitable facilities. For example, occasionally hedgehogs have been brought to
the Centre with no sight at all. Since such creatures would not be able to
survive in the wild, they are 'adopted' by people with walled gardens, after
all appropriate home checks have been carried out. |
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| The little
amputee hedgehog that didn't make it in the end More. |
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| Who are Wildlives |